Sled-runner for baby-carriages.



No. 795,932. PATENTED AUG. 1, 1905,

, W. L. POST. SLED RUNNER FOR BABY GARRIAGES.

APPLICATIQN FILED 10110.19, 1904.

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WILLIAM L. POST, or (JOLDSPRING, NEW YORK.

SLED-RUNNER FOR BABY-GARRIAGES:

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, 1905.

Application filed December 19, 1904. Serial No. 237,361.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM L. Pos'r, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Coldspring, in the county of Putnam and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sled Runners for Baby-Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to baby-carriages, and has for its object a simple means of substituting runners for the wheels of the carriage.

The object is attained; by the means set forth in this specification and the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Figure I represents the carriage-body attached to the runners. Fig. II is a plan of the axles of the carriage and the runners. Fig. III is an end elevation of the attachments for the rear axle. Fig. IV is a side view of the part shown in Fig. III. Fig. V is a top view of the adjustable axle attachment.

The runners are made with the top bar 03, Figs. I, II, with parallel sides, so that a sliding block 10 0 may be moved along to any part of the bar forward of the post a. The post 0 is attached to or may be integral with the bar (Z near the rear end of the runner. A sliding axle-holder 0 32 is placed on the runner and a similar one, f g, on the post. The axle-holder is shown in enlarged size in Figs. III, IV, V. A description of one will serve for both, since they are precisely alike.

g is a cylindrical bearing integral with the rectangular sliding piece j, which is set and has the slot 6' through it at right angles to the axle-bearing. The slide is provided with a set-screw 1; and the axle-holder with a setscrew j. Holes 10 are provided through the heads of the set-screws, so that in the absence of a wrench a nail or piece of wire may be used to set up the screws. In the forward axle-holder 0 represents the set-screw in the axle-holder r and Z the set-screw in the slidep.

In Fig. II the carriage-axles are shown at s s and the carriage-body springs at c 0', showing that the axle-holders are set against the collars t at the inner ends of the wheelbearings on the axles. Fig. III.

In making the change from wheels to run ners the wheels are removed from the axles and the holders 9 r are put in their places. Latterly the post 6 fixes the position of the rear axle, and the bearing for the front axle is adjustable to the position of the front axle. For adjusting the height of the rear of the carriage to preserve the same level of the body as when the wheels are used the slide f is raised or lowered and by means of the setscrew z' is held in the desired position. The

set-screws being tightened both in the slides and on the axles, the runners are firmly held in place.

Having described my invention, what I.

the slide and in the axle-bearings. and holes in the heads of the set-screws, substantially as set forth.

2. In runners for attachment to baby-carriages, the combination, of the top bar of the runner made with parallel sides, a post attached near the rear end of the runner, an axle-holder to slide on the forward part of the runner, a like holder to slide on the run ner-post, said axle-holders comprising a sliding block having cylindricalaxle-bearings set at right angles thereto, and set-screws in said slides and in the said axle-bearings.

Signed at Coldspring, in the county of Putnam and State of New York, this 2d day of December, A. D. 1904.

WILLIAM L. POST.

Witnesses:

J. BENNETT SOUTHARD, WILLIAM H. TRUESDELL.

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